Brussels burns billions of Euros on publicity – but citizens still can’t stand the EU
July 1st, 2009
By David Haworth
The European Commission and the European Parliament are beginning to feel the rough edge of voter sentiment about them.
Neither institution is well regarded - and becoming less so all the time.
Of course European Union (EU) officials say nothing about the tsunami of complaint, criticism and contempt that the speed of emails exposes them to.
But the email blowback from voters is uncomfortably there.
One such bureaucrat "victim" commented on how informed and specific the abuse was. Personal even.
Print journalists use to say this kind ...
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